At my 36 week appt today the m/w asked if I was using the same pool as last time, I replied 'yes'.
She said "oh, that's good because we had a hwb recently and she wasn't allowed to use the pool because it didn't have a heater and the water was too cold".
I hire a heated/filtered pool because I didn't want Dh to be constantly trying to maintain the temp of the water.
I wanted him by my side through the birth, but surely when the pool is one of the inflatable types you would get the temp right and then get in, rather than have the m/w refuse entry?
At a hwb can they refuse you entry into the pool? Seems bizarre to me. There is nothing wrong with the water being below 37.5 for the first stage anyway as long as it's at body temp for delivery.
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HWB, m/w just told me that they refused to let a woman use the pool because the temp was too low
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Astarte · 14/01/2009 17:54
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